The writer has compiled all these tips and many more into a glorious new book, The Christmas Companion. Part cookery book, part craft guide, it’s filled with endearingly analogue pursuits, such as ideas for home-making Advent calendars, crackers, what to stuff stockings with, and even how to elevate a dozen bake-sale ideas (clue: gold leaf — more on that later).
Inside cook and author Skye McAlpine’s home at Christmas
